MAIL ONLINE: A town in California is proposing to ban smoking outside, even for residents lighting up on their own property.
Smoking is already banned indoors in public places in most of the country, and in California it is illegal to smoke in parks and playgrounds too.
The town of Rocklin, near Sacramento, could take the draconian regulations further by extending them to private property as well.
The unusual legislation was prompted by a local family annoyed with their neighbour smoking outside and causing smoke to waft near their house.
They claimed their children's health had been jeopardised by second-hand smoke, according to CBS 13. » | Daily Mail Reporter | Saturday, February 25, 2012
My comment:
The 'Land of the Free' has sadly become a misnomer. The USA ceased to be truly free many, many years ago. The country is over-regulated in the extreme, California especially so. Americans have forgotten the concept of 'joie de vivre' if indeed they ever knew it. As much as I love the States in many ways, Americans have lost sight of what's important. If they keep on like this, nobody from the outside world will want to travel to the country. – © Mark
